McCord Museum Inukshuk - Montreal, Quebec
Posted by: BruceS
N 45° 30.277 W 073° 34.434
18T E 611407 N 5039998
Inukshuk in front of the McCord Museum in Montreal, Quebec.
Waymark Code: WM9469
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 06/26/2010
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"This inuksuk was erected under the terms of the Politique d'intégration des arts à l'architecture et à l'environnement of the ministère des Affaires culturelles du Québec. It was created by Jusipi Nalukturuk with the assistance of Booby Aupaluktuk and Allie Nartai. The sculpture was first constructed on Naqsaluk Island off the village of Inukjuak in Nunavik. Once the work was completed, the stones were numbered and marked, and the inuksuk dismantled for shipment. It was rebuilt in the workshops of the Centre des arts contemporains du Québec in Montreal and exhibited in the Old Port of Montreal during the summer of 1992 as part of the 1er Salon international de la sculpture extérieure de Montréal. The sculpture was then transported in a single piece to its present home in front of the McCord Museum.
The inuksuk measures 3 meters in height by 2.7 meters in width and weighs 9 tons. It is constructed with some 200 stones." - McCord Museum website